Creativity can be fun and I have seen many housewives and stay-at-home moms turning into great businesswomen through their talent and art. If you either wish to open up your business of handicrafts or you like decorating your house with your own hand-made things, then I have some brilliant ideas to help you with it. In this article, I will show you how to make table runners and kitchen chalkboards at home so let's begin with it.

Wedding Table Runners

Wedding is a special occasion so if there is a wedding coming up in your close relations or if you are getting married, this could be a perfect gift which you or the bride can even use it in future as a regular table runner. A table runner enhances the beauty of your dining table and at the same time also reflects your elegant taste and choice. Following are the instruction to help you make them at home:

Materials you will need: A silk cloth, silk flowers, threads and thin foam.

Instructions: Cut the thin foam in shape of the runner; this will be rectangular and the length depends on the length of your table while the width should be around 8 inches. After the foam is cut, put is aside for a while. Take the silk cloth and cut that with the same measurements as your foam. Then insert the foam into the cover and stitch it from the opened side. Your silk flowers should be stitched at both the ends with neatness and your table runner is ready!

Kitchen Chalkboard

Available in craft stores, a pine chalkboard needs only a quick coat of paint and some decorative sponge printing to become an appealing and useful gift or decoration item.

Materials you need: Pine chalkboard; paints on straw and antique green; foam brush; kitchen sponge; palette.
Instructions: Paint frame of chalkboard with straw, allow to dry. Make a square heart on neat paper; then trace these and cut out shapes in kitchen sponge. Dampen sponge with water, wring out. Dip square sponge into antique green paint, damp into palette to remove excess paint. Starting from the center of the each side of frame and working towards the corners, print around frame edge. Print heart shape at the top of the frame.

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